Title :
Optical lattice clock
Author :
Katori, Hidetoshi ; Takamoto, Masao ; Higashi, Ryoichi ; Feng-Lei Hong
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Appl. Phys., Tokyo Univ., Japan
Abstract :
We report on the precision spectroscopy of the 5s2 1So(F=9/2)-5s5p 3Po(F=9/2) clock transition of 87Sr atoms trapped in a one-dimensional optical lattice and discuss its prospects as a future optical clock.
Keywords :
atomic clocks; laser cooling; strontium; visible spectra; Sr; clock transition; one-dimensional optical lattice; optical lattice clock; precision spectroscopy; Atom lasers; Atom optics; Atomic beams; Atomic measurements; Clocks; Electron traps; Laser transitions; Lattices; Optical polarization; Spectroscopy;
Conference_Titel :
LEOS Summer Topical Meetings, 2005 Digest of the
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8981-6
DOI :
10.1109/LEOSST.2005.1528000